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Old 12-14-2011, 08:17 PM
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Prius Forum...

Hi Fellow MBWorld Members,

All the fighting in the forum has me wondering if the same goes on in a Prius forum. Since those owners are about saving gas, other natural resourses and Mother Earth in general, do you think there is as much arguing and bickering there?

Do they fight about?
  • 0-60 of the Prius, Prius wagon or Prius Sport?
  • ECU Tune Kits and HP gains?
  • The do's and don'ts of lowering the Prius?
  • Aftermarket exhausts? Will the neighbors complain when hearing the throaty rumble?
  • Sportin' the Prius on 20's?
  • Debadging a Prius. Posing or simply going for the clean look?
  • Aftermarket HID's for the Prius. Will it drain the battery system? Any other electrical system side effects?
  • Premium versus Regular Unleaded and the impact on performance versus the savings at the pump?
  • Sport setting on a Prius? Sacraficing ride quality for corner carving handling.
  • Track Video: Performance comparison of the Prius versus the Nissan Leaf?
  • Will staggering the front and rear tires void the warranty of a Prius?
  • Interiors: Cloth versus Real Leather?
  • Options: Shouldn't a sunroof be standard on the Prius?
  • Prius S: Why Toyota won't bring the high performance version to the streets of North America?
  • Batteries: Recycle properly or just throw away?
  • Heel and Toeing a Prius: Birkenstocks or Flipflops?
  • Street racing in a Prius: How to overtake a semi or diesel?
  • Puffin' in a Prius? Smokin' grass while saving gas...
  • Radar detectors - Needed in a Prius?
  • Respectin' an Avatar: Listing all cars owned in the past to show your authority and fuel sippin' expertise (Civic, Sentras and bonus points for an Echo)
  • Sprintboosters and Prius? How to overcome throttle lag...
  • How do you drive your Prius? 1st off the light or easy cruising?
I'm sure there are more. It seems in a Benz forum, opinions come with authority and attitude. Is it the same when owning a Prius?

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Will staggering the front and rear tires void the warranty of a Prius?



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Great thread. Thanks Interesting dose or perspective.
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You forgot to include how a Prius driver brake during their daily commute - lightly to conserve brake pads and improve travelled distance/mileage or coast to a stop via other means :-)
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As much as people like to poke fun at Prius drivers driving "slow" because their cars are "slow", they are living proof that your car can be slow as puke, but you can haul enough a$$ to be a menace. Just about ANYTIME someone does a boneheaded move on the roads, usually either speeding past and cutting off, or hauling out of a parking lot, not looking out for other cars, or overtaking lanes without any regard, or even yes- driving annoyingly slow, it's seemingly by a Prius driver.

However, I have actually visited a Prius Forum as it was linked from somewhere, and I gotta say, it seemed like some of the most chill and respectable, intelligent group of guys I've seen on any Forum yet (this was a very short visit, though).
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Originally Posted by K-A
LOL.

As much as people like to poke fun at Prius drivers driving "slow" because their cars are "slow", they are living proof that your car can be slow as puke, but you can haul enough a$$ to be a menace. Just about ANYTIME someone does a boneheaded move on the roads, usually either speeding past and cutting off, or hauling out of a parking lot, not looking out for other cars, or overtaking lanes without any regard, or even yes- driving annoyingly slow, it's seemingly by a Prius driver.

I've read several accounts of self admitted stupidity right here in the MB forum so I wouldn't be too quick to condemn the Prius people. This thread started out funny, let's not change it into a rant on how superior MB drivers are to Prius drivers. It ain't true.
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If you speed in a Prius, doesn't that that defeat the purpose of owning one?
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Originally Posted by mnje350
If you speed in a Prius, doesn't that that defeat the purpose of owning one?
And according to Top Gear (not the best resource I know) if you push a Prius to the max and have that vehicles be followed by a BMW 3 series, you get better mileage out of the 3 series. The theory is that if you drive very fast and max a small engine you get terrible gas mileage and you get better mileage getting the same output by not maxing a higher capacity engine. So I think if you flog a Prius, you probably get horrible mileage because you are essentially maxing a small engine.

Check this out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=badoMjA_rW0

I figured this out first hand when I bought my E550. Believe it or not based on my driving profile, in city driving I only get about 13-14MPG in my 2.9 V6 Volvo S80. The same driving profile in my E550 with a 5.5 V8 actually yields about 15+ MPG average in city driving. I think it is because the engine revs never go up as much with the larger engine to get the acceleration I want thus conserving more gas. So I think if you have a tendency to accelerate you might actually get better mileage with a larger capacity engine.
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I do not like to see them, watch them, have them drive by me........anything........
just wait until those prius start getting older.......haha, and start falling apart....
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Originally Posted by hyperion667
how many clowns can fit in a prius?
Including the clown driver?


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